Health Care Reform. Public Option

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• Health Care Watch: Get loud!

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 646
  By GottaLaff Dont give up yet: Get loud!
  5 hours ago

• Howard Dean Now Supports Health Care Reform Bill

  
  Bic's Place — Authority: 127
  Im glad to see Howard Dean has come to realize that the bill that can (and will) pass is far from perfect, but a big step in the right direction.
  11 hours ago

• "Lee, Woolsey push for public option"

  
  HOWIEINSEATTLE — Authority: 487
  California Reps. Barbara Lee and Lynn Woolsey said in a joint statement Wednesday. "For Congress to achieve true health care reform we must have a meaningful conference process that integrates both bills into the best possible piece of legislation for the American people." Politico: On the eve of a historic ...
  12 hours ago

• Obama Did NOT Campaign on Public Option

  
  Today With President Barack Obama — Authority: 449
  As someone who has watched every media interview and campaign speech and every Obama speech once he was elected President (all of his speeches are posted on this blog), I know that Obama didnt campaign on the public option, contrary to Ezra Kleins opinion: Oy. Ill defend the argument that the health-care bill that ...
  1 day ago

• Final Healthcare Bill in February?

  
  Today With President Barack Obama — Authority: 449
  Issues that need to be reconciled between the House and Senate bills: the public option, abortion coverage and how to pay for healthcare: The White House privately anticipates health care talks to slip into February — past President Barack Obama’s first State of the Union address — and then plans to make a ...
  1 day ago

• "Democrats: Stop screaming and pass health reform"

  
  HOWIEINSEATTLE — Authority: 487
  E.J. Dionne (WaPo): For progressives, the question on the health-care battle going forward is not whether they have a right to be angry but whether they can direct their fury toward constructive ends. The alternative is to pursue a temporarily satisfying and ultimately self-defeating politics of protest. Of course ...
  1 day ago

• "FLASHBACK: Obama Repeatedly Touted Public Option Before Refusing To Push For It In The Final Hours"

  
  HOWIEINSEATTLE — Authority: 487
  Think Progress: In recent days, there has been an uproar in the progressive community over the Senate’s decision to drop the public option from its health care bill in order to reach the crucial 60 votes needed to break a filibuster. Given that many liberals backed a single-payer, Medicare-for-all ...
  2 days ago

• Why is There a Mandate in Senate Health Bill?

  
  Today With President Barack Obama — Authority: 449
  Because if everyone is paying into the insurance premium pool, then we can take care of people with pre-existing conditions. This episode of Talk of the Nation explains some of the pieces of the healthcare bill, including cost. The more I hear about the bill, the more I like it and the more Im actually enjoying ...
  2 days ago

• "Resurrecting the public option" (video)

  
  HOWIEINSEATTLE — Authority: 487
  MSNBC-ED Show, video (03:14). Howie P.S.: Brent Budowky (The Hill) joins ED to talk progressive strategy.
  3 days ago

• Somewhere Between "Kill It" and "Get it Done"

  
  The SideTrack — Authority: 123
  Since the Senate announced a passable compromise, Ive tried hard to decide where I stand on the bill.  I dont like it.  Its weak.  Compromise(d) is the best way to describe it. When Howard Dean shouted "kill it," I agreed.  When he said he wouldnt "vigorously" campaign for the president if the bill passed in ...
  3 days ago

• "Senate Overcomes Key Health Care Hurdle--Reform Now On The Horizon"

  
  HOWIEINSEATTLE — Authority: 487
  TPMDC: By a vote of 60-40, the Senate agreed to end debate on a major package of health care amendments--and by doing so, signaled that the Democratic caucus is unified, and ready to pass a far-reaching reform bill straight down party lines. The Senate is now expected to hold more procedural votes on Tuesday and ...
  3 days ago

• The Definition of Contradiction

  
  Broadway Carl's Blog-O-Mania — Authority: 139
  Maine Senator Olympia Snowe cannot vote for the health care bill.  The bill she delayed with her ultimatum of withholding her vote because of the public option and her preference for an unattainable trigger. Why? Shes been working on it for a year ... but feels its being rushed through. “Having ...
  4 days ago

• Senator Joe Lieberman revealed as sock puppet

  
  Louise on the left — Authority: 464
  While the real life Joe Lieberman has been busy with his filibuster threats, hes nothing compared to his sock puppet counterpart. In this ad from Moveon.org, the sock puppet Senator (whose appearance is strikingly accurate) makes it simple. If the Democrats want his vote, theyre gonna have to pony up. Literally. ...
  6 days ago

• Enemies of our enemies or something...

  
  Beers with Demo — Authority: 435
  Obama’s left flank is in full rebellion over the healthcare bill as they have just recently figured out that all the compromises have made the legislation a “sell-out”. And to be specific, what they are having the most heartburn over is the fact that they will be forced to purchase a service from a private ...
  6 days ago

• Howard Dean: Kill the Senate Health Care Bill

  
  Dollars & Sense blog — Authority: 466
  From a Vermont Public Radio broadcast from Tuesday: (Host) Former Governor Howard Dean is back at the center of the health care reform debate in Washington. Dean says the time has come for Senate Democratic leaders to kill the current health care reform bill because its no longer worth supporting. Dean is upset ...
  1 week ago

• Howard Dean to Senate Democrats: "You Cant Vote For a Bill Like This In Good Conscience"

  
  Bic's Place — Authority: 127
  Howard Dean is now officially off the reservation. From MSNBC:
  1 week ago

• A Sucker-Punched Harry Reid Throws in the Towel on Real Reform

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 160
  by John Nichols The Nation.com Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is, famously, an ex-boxer. Put an emphasis on “ex.” As the health-care debate made its way to the Senate, the chamber’s top Democrat refused to take tactical steps that would have allowed for the passage of meaningful legislation ...
  1 week ago

• Health Care Bill Should Be Killed

  
  jobsanger — Authority: 489
  It looks like the United States Senate is going to cave in and surrender to Joe Lieberman. They first dumped the most important part of health care reform -- the public option. This was the part of the reform bill that would offer inexpensive and decent health care insurance to Americans, and would force the ...
  1 week ago

• But whos going to reassure the rest of us?

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 646
  By GottaLaff Is oo gonna get a new binky too, Snowey? Is wittle Hawwy gonna spoon feed you wots an wotsa yum-yums to make sure yoo itty bitty feewings is otay? It wasnt much in doubt, but Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) confirmed to reporters tonight that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid assured her all of the ...
  1 week ago

• Why We Need Better Democrats

  
  Democrashield.com — Authority: 134
  Ezra Klein writes:To move the process forward, Reid had three options. The first, many would say, was reconciliation. But that would have required going back to the committees to refashion a reconciliation bill, and going back to the House of Representatives so it could craft a reconciliation bill, and then going back ...
  1 week ago

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